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^^
ditto for today also
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maybe if you'd put some of them fires out
on the other side of the country
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^We've just had one here, threatening homes just on the other side of town - always a hazard in the summer. Wind is blowing at 60 kilometres per hour which doesn't help matters. Helicopters dumping water on the flames - those pilots are incredible. How they control those machines in these dreadful conditions is beyond skillful. Very brave!! Seems to be under control now. Phew!
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I know a couple of Firefighters
nice guys
high pressure extremely dangerous job, I wouldn't do it for the money they get!
those guys should receive medals of honour/valour for just suiting up everyday IMO
Canadian firefighters have just arrived on our East Coast to assist with the couple of hundred serious bushfires burning.
expected to be here over Christmas
our Govt (well, the taxpayer) paid for their immediate families to be here with them for the Holidays so at least if they have a bit of downtime between shifts they have some sort of normality and I have no issue with that whatsoever.
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weather heating back up again
40C/104F here yesterday(Wednesday)
supposedly the coolest day we're gonna have till Monday...
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40C/104F here yesterday (12/12)
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41C/105F friday
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42C/108F today
one more day of extreme heat before it cools down for a few days
gonna enjoy the respite on Monday for sure!
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32C/90F at 8am
38C/100F by 11am
and 41C/105F by midday
has plateaued out since then, currently 2pm and 39C/102F but im in the airconditioned house watching movies and surfing the WWW
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a rather mild 38C/100F today
thought about pulling the hoody out of the cupboard!
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